Bing Crosby – Macnamaras Band (Guitar)

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Oh, me   name is MacNamara , I'm the leader of the band

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Although we're few in   numbers, we're the finest in the  land

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We play at wakes and weddings and at every fancy ball

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And when we play the funerals, we   play the March from Saul

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Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away

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McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while  I the pipes do play

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And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand

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A credit to old Ireland is  MacNamara's band

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Right now we are rehearsing for a very swell affair

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The annual celebration, all the gentry will be   there

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When General Grant to Ireland came he took me by the hand

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Says  he, I never saw the likes of  MacNamara's Band

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Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away

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McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while  I the pipes do play

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And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand

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A credit to old Ireland is  MacNamara's band

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Oh, my name is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I did come

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To play with MacNamara's Band and beat the big bass  drum

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And when I march along the street the ladies think I'm grand

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They shout, there's Uncle Julius playing  with an Irish band

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Oh, I wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green

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And I'm the funniest lookin' Swede that you have  ever seen

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There's O'Brians, O'Ryans, Sheehans and Meehans, they come from Ireland

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But, by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in  MacNamara's Band

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Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away

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McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while  I the pipes do play

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And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand

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A credit to old Ireland is  MacNamara's band